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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glower.

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Examples

  • Ah yes, flagship poeta de la red, el capitan Andrés Sullied Sullivan glowers from the stern, barking orders at his baying bevy of canine crewmn, the saturnine seamen of the soggy isle — in unison, “I CLAIM THIS LAND FOR SPAIM.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Wednesday Regenerative Animal Blogging 2007

  • Well first, because the J.stice Department building is right across Pennsylvania Avenue from the FBI Building, and it's named after J. Edgar Hoover, and it's bigger than the J.stice Department Building, kind of glowers down at it.

    CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2001 2001

  • He just 'glowers' at her, as old McTavish would say, with those deep eyes of his, and sets his jaw like a wolf trap, and waits.

    The Major Ralph Connor 1898

  • High above the scene glowers a sky of operatic intensity, all scudding clouds and sudden bursts of sunlight.

    Watercolour at Tate Britain - review 2011

  • Whitman, looking very grim, especially in reaction shots, in which she frequently glowers or gives a curious laugh, was much more aggressive than in her first two debates.

    William Bradley: What's In A Word? William Bradley 2010

  • On the right, Vajrapani, wielder of thunderbolts, glowers with the kingly strength of Buddha.

    Buddha of the Material World Michael FitzGerald 2011

  • The character is a Gallic cliché bereft of fresh ideas, while the actor is hobbled by editing rhythms—and very likely by directorial choices—that put a premium on long glowers, pregnant pauses and chases that, for all their ostensible energy, grow grindingly repetitive.

    'Hugo': A Dazzler, but No Victor Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • But now, as at Practice's end, the glum, tortured act has devolved into a rigid pattern of glowers and whispers, interrupted by angry outbursts.

    TNT's 'Dark Blue' has that prewashed feeling 2009

  • Whitman, looking very grim, especially in reaction shots, in which she frequently glowers or gives a curious laugh, was much more aggressive than in her first two debates.

    William Bradley: What's In A Word? William Bradley 2010

  • Whitman, looking very grim, especially in reaction shots, in which she frequently glowers or gives a curious laugh, was much more aggressive than in her first two debates.

    William Bradley: What's In A Word? William Bradley 2010

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